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Category: Change

  • CBC’s Search Engine on Cyberbullying

    Search Engine had this as a topic this week and I’m amazed that there as some out there who think that this is a non issue or something that is “phantasmic”, but CBC went to the kids and pulled out some interesting things to think about. You can get the episode here. After this episode,…

  • Alberta’s action on bullying

    It’s great to see that the provincial government has started to take notice on the damage that kids do to each other through all manner of bullying. B-Free is the site that they have set up to front this program.

  • Cheaper calling

    If you are the type that makes heavy use of Skype or Vonage for long distance or local calling, you might want to take a look at MagicJack, a USB based system that seems to be cheaper than either of the other two that I mentioned. It looks like the service is beta right now…

  • The communication hierarchy

    I made an observation about how people seem to be using Facebook these days – perhaps seeded by Bray’s presentation. I’ve already mentioned that it seems to be the case that people enjoy maintaining their social networks on Facebook and MySpace because they go there for socialization and this way everything to do with that…

  • Le Devoir – Personal Piracy Permitted (in Canada)

    Hat tip to Wade… According to the paper (translated): … the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had given up for several months, was told Le Devoir. It now closes its eyes to this type of criminal behavior. “Piracy [music over the Internet or other media] for personal use is no longer targeted,” said in an…